Lin Qingtang also heard her words. She looked at the midwife who was being held by her but still staring at Ye Jinyun viciously. She frowned and reached out to touch her ear.

Sure enough, she felt a connected bumpy feeling. She peeled off a cheap human skin mask with her hand, and the woman revealed another face.

When he saw that face, Mo Qiyuan's face darkened. It was indeed Ye Jinyun's stepmother Yang.

However, Ye Jinyun was at the critical moment of giving birth, and it was not the time to investigate how she got in. He asked Lin Qingtang to take Yang out and hand her over to the imperial guards for custody.

The midwives were also gathered together and watched over. They were asked to observe Ye Jinyun's condition from a distance and instruct the maids in the Lu Mansion on how to deliver the baby. They were determined not to be allowed to get close to Ye Jinyun.

When Ye Jinyun saw Mo Qiyuan coming in, she felt a little more at ease. She relaxed her tense nerves and immediately felt the fetus moving down the birth canal. She then concentrated on giving birth.

After a while, the first cry was heard, and it was very loud.

The maid arranged by Mrs. Lu followed the instructions of the midwife and after she took care of the child, she announced the good news to Ye Jinyun that it was a little prince.

Ye Jinyun was happy. Her children were indeed obedient. The brother came out first, but she didn't say anything because the sister was about to come out.

Soon, another delicate baby cry was heard.

Just hearing the voice, Ye Jinyun felt pity in his heart. As expected, even his sister's crying sounded soft and weak, unlike his two brothers.

Mo Qiyuan paced outside the delivery room, holding his wrinkled newborn son in his arms, and kept looking inside.

A moment later, the old woman came out from the inner room surrounded by people, holding a swaddling cloth.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty! The Empress has given birth to another princess. These are twins, a boy and a girl. What a good omen!"

Mo Qiyuan's eyes lit up. Princess, Yun'er is actually pregnant with twins this time, a boy and a girl. It's just as the old woman said. This is indeed a rare good omen.

Now he felt that the little boy in his arms was not interesting anymore. After handing him to Lin Qingtang, he went to hold the little cotton-padded jacket that Yun'er gave birth to him.

Looking at his little daughter in his arms, who had beautiful features right from birth, Mo Qiyuan's heart melted.

It's strange. This is not the first time he has a daughter. Why didn't he have this feeling when Yuanjia was just born?

Maybe it means something different to him.

He held his little daughter and waited quietly. After the maids had cleaned up the inner room, he and Lin Qingtang each held one of their daughters and went to Ye Jinyun.

"Yun'er, look at our daughter."

Ye Jinyun smiled. Sure enough, the little cotton-padded jacket was more popular. Even with her son, it was not so popular anymore.

"Your Majesty, there is another one!"

Lin Qingtang held another godson in her arms and said unfairly that these two were worthy of being a couple. They didn't want their son anymore after they had a daughter.

Ye Jinyun smiled and waved to her, asking her to put her son on her left, and asked Mo Qiyuan to put her daughter on her right, and then she leaned against the two soft little ones.

They are all her babies, how could she not love them? It’s just that she wants to pamper her younger sister more.

After Mo Qiyuan stayed with her and the child in the delivery room for a while, he asked Lin Qingtang and Qing'er to take good care of Ye Jinyun and her child. They could instruct the servants of the Lu Mansion if they had any questions, and they must not leave the mother and child for a moment.

Then he left the delivery room and went to find Lu Zhengting. He had to investigate where those midwives came from and how Yang got mixed up among them.

Lu Zhengyan had been waiting there since early morning. When he heard his wife say that General Lin's daughter had brought a midwife out of the delivery room, he knew something must have happened.

He was originally working in the Dali Temple and was very good at investigating cases. He immediately realized that someone was trying to harm the empress and her child while she was giving birth. He was afraid that the cat that suddenly appeared and scratched his daughter-in-law was a plan.

So he immediately sent people to search, and before Mo Qiyuan came to find him, he had already found some clues.

As soon as Mo Qiyuan entered the Lu family's study, he glanced at Lu Zhengyan who was waiting beside him and knew that he must have sent someone to check. So he said in a deep voice:

"What's going on? Has Lu Qing found out?"

Lu Zhengyan immediately knelt down:

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. It was my negligence that nearly put the Empress in danger.

According to the servant who brought back the midwife from my interrogation just now, I learned that when they were asking midwives from house to house in the city, they learned that the second daughter-in-law of Minister Wang was about to give birth in a few days, and they had invited several midwives to their house to prepare for the birth. So the servants in my house went to the Wang family and asked if they could borrow those midwives. When the Wang family heard that they were going to deliver the Queen's baby, they immediately agreed.

Because time was short and there was no time to verify the identities of these midwives, I allowed them to bring them back to help the Empress deliver the baby. Who would have thought this would go wrong? Now that I think about it, I'm afraid they must have made preparations long ago, otherwise why wouldn't there be a midwife available in the city?

Mo Qiyuan's eyes flashed with coldness, and instead of answering, he asked again:

"What's with the cat?"

Lu Zhengyan was just about to tell this story when he heard it and shouted outside. Two old women escorted a young girl into the house.

The girl was being escorted and did not dare to look directly at the emperor, but her trembling body showed that she was very frightened at the moment.

"Your Majesty, this is the youngest daughter of my third aunt's family. She is the one who fed the cat today."

After saying that, Lu Zhengyan looked at the girl kneeling on the ground, and a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes.

Both the husband and wife disliked their little niece. Apart from being arrogant and domineering, there was really nothing likable about her.

Previously, his third cousin had pestered his wife to marry her to Zhan'er, but he and his wife rejected her. Such a woman was not worthy of being the daughter-in-law of his Lu family.

He looked at the girl kneeling on the ground and said coldly:

"Xu Ying'er, please confess the truth about your cat in front of the Emperor."

Xu Ying'er trembled, her heart filled with fear.

The second cousin only said that she would give her a chance to take revenge on Yu Wan'er, disfigure her so that Brother Zhan would hate her and stop thinking about her. Then she could use her looks to seduce Brother Zhan and become his woman.

But it didn't say that dealing with Yu Wan'er would result in the emperor interrogating her. Why did my uncle want to bring her before the emperor?

Mo Qiyuan frowned when he saw that she didn't speak for a long time. Seeing this, Lu Zhengyan immediately scolded her again.

Xu Ying'er then spoke tremblingly:

"Your Majesty, I did raise that cat. I did this to… to… to discredit Yu Wan'er… saying that she was unlucky and that she would be disliked by the Lu family on the day of her marriage…"

When Lu Zhengyan heard this, anger ignited in his eyes.

Xu Ying'er was indeed full of evil intentions. She had had many evil thoughts about his son Zhan'er in the past. However, because they were relatives, he and his wife did not bother with her. They did not expect that she would even have such evil intentions on the wedding day.

But he still followed her words and asked:

"How did you tame that cat? Why did it pounce on your cousin and the Queen?"